Vincent Cojot wrote:
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> So I want to get a WildCat-IV-based graphics card from SUN but I'm
> wondering if I should get the XVR-600 instead of the XVR-1200 for the
> following reasons:
>
> 1) I don't need multi-head and 32MB texture RAM is OK for me.
>
> 2) If I'm only using one head on an XVR-1200, its performance should be
> similar to that of the XVR-600, right? I doubt 3DLabs implemented
> something a la 3Dfx SLI on a single card.. Unless I'm wrong, I think that
> both Wildcat-IV chipsets on the XVR-1200 drive only one video channel
> (I.E: they cannot "join forces" if only one head is used).
>
> 3) The XVR-1200 (a 33Mhz or 66Mhz PCI card) can only (due to its width)
> fit in a 33Mhz slot in the SB2K. The XVR-600, on the contrary, is a
> single-width PCI card and -will- be able to fit in the only 66Mhz in the
> SB2K.
>
> Conclusion: Assuming that 1) and 2) are OK, 3) means I might get better
> performance on the XVR-600 with my SB2K -with- my application..
>
> Any comments or ideas? I'd really like to avoid spending a -lot- of money
> on an XVR-1200 if I can get an XVR-600 and get similar performance (for my
> app, that is, YMMV).
>
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Check out the following link:
http://www.sun.com/technical-computi...html#GRAPHPERF

It may be of relevance.

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